Damiano Oldoni
Research Software Developer at Ghent University
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolDamiano Oldoni is a research software developer with eight years of experience blending physics, psychoacoustics and data science to build computational tools for environmental monitoring. With a PhD from Ghent University on auditory-inspired soundscape analysis, he applies machine learning and algorithmic thinking to real-world research at the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). He also teaches programming to university students and has hands-on experience as a secondary-school STEM teacher, which sharpens his ability to communicate complex concepts clearly. Outside research he pursues photography and piano, disciplines that inform his aesthetic sensitivity and attention to detail in data and code. Based in Ghent, he brings a rare mix of experimental rigor, discrete-math amusement and practical software development to interdisciplinary projects. An amateur cyclist who pushes limits, he also channels that persistence into long-running research and teaching commitments.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ingenieurswetenschappen, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ingenieurswetenschappen at Universiteit GentFotografie, Fotografie at Sint-Lucas Academie-GentMaster's degree, Physics, Master's degree, Physics at Università di Pisa
Dutch, Italian, English, pools
Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
trias-project/indicators
Nov 2017 - Jan 2025
📈 Alien species indicators
Contributions:4 releases, 6 reviews, 85 PRs in 7 years 3 months
alienrstatsalien-speciesindicatorsoscibio
trias-project/trias
Nov 2017 - Sep 2022
R package with functionality for TrIAS and LIFE RIPARIAS
Contributions:12 releases, 34 reviews, 700 commits in 4 years 10 months
r-packagerstatslifeoscibioinvasive-species
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